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York and Lancaster Regiment 1st Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 3rd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 4th (Hallamshire) Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 5th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 6th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 7th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 8th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 9th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 10th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment 4th Oct 1939 On the Move 3rd Apr 1940 Visit 4th Apr 1940 Visit 5th Apr 1940 Visit 9th Apr 1940 Reorganisation 10th Apr 1940 Orders 11th Apr 1940 Stand Fast 13th Apr 1940 Orders 15th Apr 1940 Orders 17th Apr 1940 On the Move 18th Apr 1940 On the Move 18th Apr 1940 Troops 21st Apr 1940 On the Move 22nd Apr 1940 On the Move 22nd Apr 1940 On the Move 23rd Apr 1940 On the Move 26th Apr 1940 Orders 26th Apr 1940 In Action 27th Apr 1940 In Action 28th Apr 1940 Reorganisation 30th Apr 1940 Evacuation 30th Apr 1940 On the Move 4th May 1940 On the Move 5th May 1940 On the Move 19th May 1940 Operation Order No. 5 19th May 1940 Instructions No. 1 29th May 1940 Reorganisation 30th Oct 1940 On the Move April 1941 On the Move 20th May 1941 Landings 20th May 1941 In Action Jan 1942 On the Move 17th Mar 1942 On the Move 21st May 1942 On the Move 21st May 1942 On the Move 23rd May 1942 On the Move Jun 1942 Training 9th Aug 1942 Recce 11th Aug 1942 Unrest 12th Aug 1942 Unrest 13th Aug 1942 Damage 15th Aug 1942 Unrest 16th Aug 1942 Sabotage 17th Aug 1942 Orders 19th Sep 1942 On the Move 11th Nov 1942 On the Move 6th Jan 1943 On the Move 8th Jan 1943 Accident 9th Jan 1943 Poor Weather 13th Jan 1943 On the Move 17th Jan 1943 On the Move 26th Jan 1943 Advance Party 27th Jan 1943 On the Move 2nd Feb 1943 Reliefs 3rd Feb 1943 Patrols 10th Feb 1943 Minefields 13th Feb 1943 Difficult Position 20th Feb 1943 Heavy Shelling 22nd Feb 1943 Into Position 26th Feb 1943 On the Move 1st Mar 1943 Attack 2nd Mar 1943 In Action 3rd Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 10th Mar 1943 Shelling 14th Mar 1943 Reliefs 16th Mar 1943 Postings 17th Mar 1943 Counter Attack 17th Mar 1943 Recce 18th Mar 1943 Withdrawal 18th Mar 1943 Heavy Shelling 25th Mar 1943 Reliefs 26th Mar 1943 Conference 27th Mar 1943  29th Mar 1943 In Reserve 30th Mar 1943 In Reserve 2nd Apr 1943 Advance 12th Apr 1943 On the Move 3rd Jun 1943 On the Move 5th July 1943 On the Move 10th July 1943 Landing 13th Jul 1943 In Action 4th August 1943 Support 5th August 1943 Advance 6th August 1943 Advance Stalled 10th August 1943 Contact 1st Sep 1943 Orders 2nd Sep 1943 Planning 2nd Sep 1943 On the Move 3rd Sep 1943 On the Move 4th Sep 1943 On the Move 5th Sep 1943 On the Move 9th September 1943 Landing at Salerno 9th Sep 1943 Stiff Opposition 10th September 1943 Advance 11th September 1943 In Action 11th Sep 1943 Reliefs 12th of September 1943 Attack Made 13th of September 1943 Shelling 14th September 1943 Orders Reconsidered 15th September 1943 Attacks Made 17th of September 1943 Shelling 19th of September 1943  Large Fire 22nd of September 1943 Reorganisation 24th of September 1943 Mines 25th of September 1943 High Ground 27th of September 1943 Orders   Feb 1944 Chindit force preparations  In early February 1944 preparations began for the 2nd Chindit Expedition. The Special Force or 3rd Indian Division as it was known consisted of the following units, which were split into Columns. 3rd West African Brigade and 14th Brigade 6th Btn. Nigeria Regiment. (Columns 66 & 39) 2nd Btn. Black Watch (Columns 42 & 73) 7th Btn Nigeria Regiment (Columns 29 & 35) 1st Btn. Beds & Herts Regiment (Columns 16 & 61) 12th Btn. Nigeria Regt (Columns 12 & 43) 2nd Btn. York & Lancaster Regiment (Columns 84 & 65) 7th Btn Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 47 & 74) 54th Field Company, Royal Engineers 77 Brigade and 111 Brigade 3rd Btn. 6th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 36 & 63) 1st Btn. Cameronians (Columns 26 & 90) 1st Btn. Kings (Liverpool) Regiment (Columns 81 & 82) 2nd Btn. Kings Own Royal (Lancaster) Regiment (Columns 41 & 46) 1st Btn. Lancashire Fusiliers (Columns 20 & 50) 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30) 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment (Columns 38 & 80) 3rd Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 57 & 93) 23rd Indian Infantry Brigade 1st Btn. Essex Regiment (Columns 44 & 56) 2nd Btn. Duke of Wellington's Regiment (Columns 33 & 76) 4th Btn. Border Regiment (Columns 34, 55) 60th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry, (Columns 60 & 68) 12th Field Company, Royal Engineers 16th Brigade Morris Force 1st Btn. Queens Royal West Surrey Regiment (Columns 21 & 22) 4th Btn. 9th Gurkha Rifles (Columns 49 & 94) 2nd Btn. Leicestershire Regiment (Columns 17 & 71) 3rd Btn. 4th Gurkha Rifles (Column 30) 45th Recce Regiment (Columns 45 & 54) 51st and 69th Field Regiments, Royal Artillery, deployed as infantry (Columns 51 & 69) 2nd Field Company, Royal Engineers Dah Force Kachin Levies Stronghold Defences R S & U Troop 160th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery (25 Pounders) W X Y & Z Troops 69th Light Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery (Bofors) Divisional Troops 219th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers Detachment 2nd Burma Rifles 145th Brigade Company, R.A.S.C. 61st Air Supply Company, R.A.S.C. 2nd Indian Air Supply Company, R.I.A.S.C. 24th Mar 1944 On the March 27th of March 1944 Plan April 1944 Reliefs 15th of April 1944 Supply issues 21st of April 1944 Change of Plan 24th of April 1944 Orders Recieved 1st of May 1944 Report 6th May 1944 Orders 10th May 1944 Evacuation 27th of May 1944 Maintain position 11th Jun 1944 Reliefs 15th Jun 1944 Planning 16th Jun 1944 In Action 17th Jun 1944 Assembly 18th Jun 1944 Artillery Active 19th Jun 1944 On the Move 25th Jun 1944 In Action 25th Jun 1944 Hard Fighting 26th Jun 1944 In Action 6th Jul 1944 On the Move 25th July 1944 Patrol 26th July 1944 Enemy Active 27th July 1944 Enemy Active 28th July 1944 Patrol 5th Aug 1944 On the Move 26th Aug 1944 Attack Made 1st Sep 1944 On the March 2nd Sep 1944 Difficult Move 3rd Sep 1944 Advance 4th Sep 1944 Artillery Exchange 5th Sep 1944 Air Raid 6th Sep 1944 Recces 7th Sep 1944 Patrol 8th Sep 1944 Recce 9th Sep 1944 Orders 10th Sep 1944 Attack Made 11th Sep 1944 Ground Gained 12th Sep 1944 Advance 13th Sep 1944 Refitting 14th Sep 1944 Awards 15th Sep 1944 At Rest 16th Sep 1944 At Rest 17th Sep 1944 Collaborator 18th Sep 1944 At Rest 19th Sep 1944 On the Move 20th Sep 1944 At Rest 21st Sep 1944 Drums 22nd Sep 1944 Enemy Withdrawal 23rd Sep 1944 Bridge Erected 24th Sep 1944 Advance 25th Sep 1944 Good Progress 26th Sep 1944 Infiltration 27th Sep 1944 Hard Fighting 28th Sep 1944 Orders 29th Sep 1944 In Action 30th Sep 1944 A Missunderstanding 2nd Oct 1944 Orders 2nd Oct 1944 Situation 3rd Oct 1944 Orders 3rd Oct 1944 Support 9th Oct 1944 Consolidation 13th Oct 1944 In Position 1st Nov 1944 Contact 2nd Nov 1944 Conference 3rd Nov 1944 Attack Made 4th Nov 1944 Pinned Down 5th Nov 1944 In Action 6th Nov 1944 In Position 7th Nov 1944 At Rest 8th Nov 1944 Sports 9th Nov 1944 Entertainment 10th Nov 1944 Training 11th Nov 1944 Advance Party 12th Nov 1944 Training 13th Nov 1944 Training 14th Nov 1944 On the Move 15th Nov 1944 Planning 16th Nov 1944 Planning 17th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 18th Nov 1944 Area Cleared 19th Nov 1944 Advance 20th Nov 1944 Advance 21st Nov 1944 Slow Progress 22nd Nov 1944 In Action 23rd Nov 1944 Advance 24th Nov 1944 Mines Cleared 25th Nov 1944 Prisoner Taken 26th Nov 1944 At Rest 27th Nov 1944 At Rest 28th Nov 1944 Training 29th Nov 1944 On the Move 30th Nov 1944 Advance Party 1st Dec 1944 On the Move 2nd Dec 1944 On the Move 3rd Dec 1944 Flooding 4th Dec 1944 Flooding 5th Dec 1944 Training 6th Dec 1944 Training 7th Dec 1944 Preparations 8th Dec 1944 Reliefs 9th Dec 1944 Preparations 10th Dec 1944 Quiet 11th Dec 1944 Some Shelling 12th Dec 1944 Shelling 13th Dec 1944 Quiet 14th Dec 1944 Reliefs 29th Dec 1944 Orders 1st Jan 1945 Raid 2nd Jan 1945 Raid 3rd January 1945 Landing 3rd Jan 1945 Landings 8th Jan 1945 Snow 9th Jan 1945 Snow 10th Jan 1945 Snow Still Falling 13th Jan 1945 Raids 14th Jan 1945 Outpost Attacked 15th Jan 1945 Fighting Patrol 23rd Jan 1945 Harassing Fire 24th Jan 1945 Harassing Fire 25th Jan 1945 Reliefs Completed 9th Feb 1945 Preparations 10th Feb 1945 Enemy Targetted 11th Feb 1945 Flooding 13th Feb 1945 Night Firing 14th Feb 1945 Recce 15th Feb 1945 Enemy Raid 19th Feb 1945 Night Firing 20th Feb 1945 Air Attack 22nd Feb 1945 Accurate Fire 23rd Feb 1945 On the Move 24th Feb 1945 Night Firing 27th Feb 1945 Harassing Fire 1st March 1945 Light Shone 7th Mar 1945 On the Move 20th Mar 1945 Training 13th Apr 1945 Snipers   2nd York and Lancaster Regiment searching the ruins of a railway station for Japanese snipers, during the advance of 14th Army to Rangoon along the railway corridor, 13th of April 1945. IWM (SE 3804) 16th Apr 1945 On the Move 17th Apr 1945 On the Move 4th Mar 1945 On the Move If you can provide any additional information, especially on actions and locations at specific dates, please add it here. Those known to have served with York and Lancaster Regiment during the Second World War 1939-1945. Adams G. Ashby Bill. Lt. Barnes J A. Barnes Sidney. L/Cpl. (d.2nd Jan 1945) Bates C. Beech W. Benton A. Boddy JF . Bourne Kenneth Frank. Pte. Boyce F. Brown W. Chambers H. Clayton Horace Wilfred. Pte. Corker Victor. Pte. Craddock C. Cradock A A. Craven F R. Crofts Thomas. Pte. (d.20th January 1944) Crosby Frederick Arthur. A/CQMS. (d.28th May 1941) Davies O G. Davis Alfred. Pte. Day Len Joseph. L/Cpl. Denley H L. Downing William John. Dransfield Bruce. Dunne Frank Kevin. (d.23rd May 1941) Dyson W. Elliott C. Ellis Frederick J.. Pte. Farrar Artrhur. Pte. (d.6th June 1944) Fellows W. Fletcher W. Flower D. Fuller W. Gardener H D. Gascoigne William Ullric. Goodison J H. Goodman S. MM Goodrich J H. Goodwin Frank Peter. Pte. Gower Richard. Sgt. Grace T P. Grant JE. Green Samuel Arthur. Gregory Douglas. Gregory R. Griffiths T. Hague Henry. Pte. (d.25th November 1941) Hall G. Halliwell C. Harrison A T W. Harrop H. Heasman H G. Hedley William Frederick. Hockings Edward. Pte. (d.30th Jan 1944) Hogg John Willis. Holdsworth J. Hughes A T W. Jackson C U. Jackson J. Jackson R. Johnson A E. Kershaw Leslie. Pte. Killick Charles Fison. Lt. (d.23rd Feb 1943) Lawrence William Frederick. Gnr Lax A. Lee Dennis. Pte. (d.6th May 1943) Levy L. Leybourne Frederick. Lill Cyril. Pte. (d.25th Mar 1941) Loughlin James. Pte. Lowery John Alfred. Pte. (d.21st January 1944) Ludlam C. Lynch F H. Machin Frank Malcolm. Pte. Mackintosh Charles William. Pte. (d.16th Jun 1944) Macrae Duncan. Pte. (d.10th Aug 1944) Maltby R. Masterman Leslie. Pte. McCarthy John Joseph. Capt. Middlebrook T. Middleton Jack. Sgt. Moore Albert. Pte. (d.30th April 1940) Moore George Patrick. Sgt. Myers Tom. Sgt. (d.14th June 1942) Ogden Clifford. Pte. Parker W C. Parkin Edward. Pte. Parsons Goerge Keswick. Pte. Petty Arthur. Pte. Reaney D. Reeve Albert Edwin. Sgt Reid William Joseph. Pte. Reid William Joseph. Pte. Reynolds Mark Cornelius. Pte. Richmond F. Ridall E. Roberts John Thomas. Pte. Rose S. Rust Albert James. Pte. (d.12th April 1945) Ryan Thomas. Pte. Sheldon F. Sheppard H. Shipman George. Pte. (d.16th Jul 1943) Shorrock George Orson. Pte. (d.16th July 1944) Siddons Alfred. Cpl. Smith Robert. Pte. (d.4th April 1945) Spence Thomas. Capt. Statham William. Sgt. Steadman Thomas. (d.17th Apr 1944) Trout Robert. Pte Turner Frederick Walter. Pte (d.23rd May 1942) Turton John William. Pte (d.3rd September 1944) Wakefield Jack. Pte. (d.22nd May 1940) Walker MID George Stanley. Sgt/Majr. White Edward. Pte. White Ronald. Whiteley Arnold. Whitfield Ernest. L/Cpl. Wright Kenneth. The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List Records of York and Lancaster Regiment from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements 1st of September 2024 marks 25 years since the launch of the Wartime Memories Project. Thanks to everyone who has supported us over this time. The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 25 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 19th Nov 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:1585 items tagged York and Lancaster Regiment available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. H Sheppard York and Lancaster Regiment H Sheppard served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F Sheldon York and Lancaster Regiment F Sheldon served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. S Rose York and Lancaster Regiment S Rose served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. E Ridall York and Lancaster Regiment E Ridall served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F Richmond York and Lancaster Regiment F Richmond served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. D Reaney York and Lancaster Regiment D Reaney served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. W C Parker York and Lancaster Regiment W Parker served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. T Middlebrook York and Lancaster Regiment T Middlebrook served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. R Maltby York and Lancaster Regiment R Maltby served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. F H Lynch York and Lancaster Regiment F Lynch served with the York and Lancaster Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below. Dan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Polar Bears From Sheffield Donald William Scott The story of the York and Lancaster Regiment during WW2, contains stories and photos from many that were in the regiment. More information on: Polar Bears From Sheffield Links

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